NEWS IN BRIEF.
British shipping was first registered in 1660. Among ostriches, the cock bird incubates the eggs. Concrete roads cost on an average £5,000 per mile to construct. Iron will not. rust in water if the water is totally free from acid. Nearly one-third of the population of the world are Christians. A process for waterproofing cloth was patented as long ago as 1791. Women are said to be better at learning foreign languages than men. Six women at least have made big reputations for themselves as historians. A healthy adult breathes at the rate of fourteen to seventeen times to the minute. It is an offence against the law to kill any wild birds on Sunday in England.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2425, 6 May 1922, Page 1
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120NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2425, 6 May 1922, Page 1
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